[Event "Blitz Titled Arena May '24"] [Site "https://lichess.org/7wZWbiTA"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [White "Night-King96"] [Black "alireza2003"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.05.18"] [UTCTime "20:52:07"] [WhiteElo "2891"] [BlackElo "2857"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 { B20 Sicilian Defense } 2. Be2 e6 3. d3 d5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. c3 Be7 8. Be3?! { (0.61 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (8. d4 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 c4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc2 Na5) 8... O-O 9. d4 Qb6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bf2?! { (1.37 → 0.78) Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } (14. Qc2) 14... Bd7?! { (0.78 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (14... Nc4) 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8?? { (1.67 → 4.33) Blunder. Kg6 was best. } (17... Kg6 18. Qd3+ f5 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rce8 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Rf3) 18. Qd3 Rfd8?? { (4.44 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. f5 was best. } (18... f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+ Kd8 23. Qxf6+ Kc7 24. a3) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bh4 Ke8?? { (5.62 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Be8 was best. } (20... Be8 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Ke7 23. Nxf7+ Kd7 24. Qxg7 Ne7 25. e6+ Kc6 26. Nxd8+) 21. Qg8+ Bf8 22. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0